Lining for refrigerators



H. GELKE.

LINING FOR REFRIGERATORS.

APPLICATION FLED FEB. 14,1919.

s 1,339,328. R Patented May4, 1920.

2 SHEETSHSHEET 2.

H. GELKE.

L-INING FOR REFRIGERATORS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I4, I9I9.

1,339,323. mm May 4, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

- HENRY GELKE, orBnooxLY'N; NEW YORK.

LIN ING REFRIGERATRS.

To all whom z't may concern Be it known that I, HENRY GELKE, a citizen of the United4 States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Linings for Refrigerators; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the4 artl to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful.

improvements in refrigerator constructions.

One object of thel present invention is to provide a novel and improved lining for a refrigerator wherein the use of nails, to secure the lining within the wooden structure of the refrigerator, is obviated. 4

Another object is to provide a novel and improved lining which obviates the usual open seams which permit rust and Adeterioration of the lining and the warping of the wooden parts of the refrigerator.

A further object is to provide a novel and improved lining which can be assembled outside of the refrigerator and then placed therein as a unit.

A still further. object is to provide a novel and improved lining wherein the' walls of the ice compartment are secured in position without the use of nails and without the usual open seams.

Other objects and advantages will be ap: parent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings:

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is .a front elevation of av refrigerator, vthe front trimmings being removed to expose the lining `and the-manner in which it is disposed therein.

Fig. 2 isa vertical sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 41. v

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, through the lining only.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the complete lining removed from the refrigerator vand viewed from the rear.

Fig. 6 'is a detail perspective view of the I, ice tray removed from the lining.

Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view through a lining showing a modified form of 1ce tray support. y

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mayaieao.

. I Application led February "14, '1919. `Serial No. 276,992.

Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional kview taken fon the line s s @fria 7.

Fig. 9 is a detail vievsT of the joint between the rear 'portion of the ice tray and the rear wall of the lining, showing the manner of connecting the same.

Ordinarily, the lining of a refrigerator, as now manufactured, is placed within the wooden box of the refrigerator in sections and the sections or plates overlapped and nails driven through the overlapped plates. This produced openings around which moisture collected with the consequent rusting of the nails and the leakage throughthe openings and deterioration of the wooden portion of the refrigerator. Also, the method of placing the lining in the refrigerator in sec# tions,fentailed the extensive use of solder at the joints. These joints soon break open and permit leakage and the general deterioration of the entire refrigerator. The present inventionis especially designed to overcome these disadvantages, by doing away with the soldered joints, and by placing the entire lining Within the refrigerator in -a single unitary structure, thus obviating the use pf nails at the seams where the plates or sections join.

Referring to the accompanying drawing,

and particularly to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, 10 represents 'the refrigerator in which the lining middle transverse plate 11, t e upper plate 12, and the lower plate'1'3. The plate 11 extends across the back portion of the refrig eratorwhile its ends 14 are bent forwardly at right angles to the rear-portion and in parallel relation. The upper. and lower plates 12 and 13 have their lower and upper edges, respectively, joined to the upper and lower edges of the middle plate 11, by means of the interlocking lap seam joints 15, thus precluding the use of any solder whatever, and forming a joint which is unbreakable, as well as leak-proof.

The middle plate, however, is formed in three parts. two of which are disposed in superimposed relation, as shown at 11 and 4 11 and joined to each other by the intervmediate horizontal interlocking seams 16.

Included in these seams are the two adjacent edges of the horizontal shelf plate 17. The inner ehd `of the upper section 11 is turned inwardly at right angles and is oined to the forwardly and rearwardly extending inner 'edge of the shelf plate 17, by theV lap seam 18. Thus the shelf is rigidly and securely fastened to the walls ,of the lining withoutv the use of solder and without the presence of lap joints for the escape of moisture. The upper and) lower plates are turned forwardly, andA necessarily are cut obliquely refrigerator.

In this formv of thelining, it will be noted that the ice shelf 17 is disposed at one side of the refrigerator and has the upper edge of the side wall, which forms the angularly extending portion of the plate 11, disposed a distance below the top wall of the lining to l permit the overflow of cold air f-romthe ice into the food compartment thereof.

In the form shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9, the lining is made up of three sections or plates, 20, the upper plate, 21, and 22, the intermediate plates, and 23, the lower plate. The plates 20 and 23 are formed in the same manner as the upper and lower plates 12 and 13, of the first form, the former being joined to the upper intermediary section 21 by the interlocking lap seam 271, while the lower plate is joined to .the plate 22 by the same type of seam 25. The plates 21 and 22 are joined by the interlocking seam 26, and included in this seam is the upper edge of the upturned rear portion of the ice shelf or tray 27. The upper edge of the -forward up.- turned flange of this tray is turned downwardly, as shown at 28 and engaged over a transverse strip 29 which lis secured across the frontof thelining and divides the lining into the upper ice com artment and the lower food compartment. his lining is also previously assembled before being placed into the refrigerator as a unitary structure. j

There is thus provided a`novel and eftiand bottom and intermediate sections joined together, the intermediate section consisting of a larger section and two smaller sections joined to each other and to the top and bottom sections by interlocking seams, and an ice tray having certain of its marginal edges interlocked with the. seams yjoining the smaller sections.

2. A refrigerator lining comprising .top and bottom receptacle shaped integral sections and an intermediate -section extending between and connecting the top and bottom sections, said intermediate section consisting of a large member extending continuously from the top to the bottom section and two smaller members joined together and jointly extending from the top section to the bottom section and joinedto the first named member of the intermediate section, the connections between the members of the intermediate section being interlocking seams, an

ice tray disposed within the lining and hav- .l

`ing two of its marginal edgesyinterlocked in the seam that connects the second two mem` bers of the intermediate section, and a transverse bar in the front of the lining and upon which the front edge of anice tray is supy ported. j

In testimony whereof I affix my signature inthe presence of two witnesses.

HENRY GELKE.

. 60 1. A refrigerator lining comprising top 

